Storm-strip for doors.



No. 628,278, Patented July 4, I899. C. MlTSCI-l.

' STORM STRIP FOB DOORS.

(Application filed Feb. 20, 1899.)

(No Modal.)

I A TTOHNE Y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES MITSCH, OF RIVERSIDE, NEW JERSEY.

STORM-STRIP FOR DOORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,278, dated July 4, 1899.

Application filed February 20, 1899. Serial No. 706,093. (No model.)

To (tZZ whmit may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES MITscH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Riverside, in the county of Burlington and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Storm Strips for Doors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention is an improvement in carpet or storm strips adapted principally for use in connection with outside doors, as well as weather-strips, the object thereof being to provide novel and effective means whereby a tight joint may be madebetween the lower edge of a door or some movable part and the sill or base over which the door swings, said joint being created automatically by the movement of the door, which is arrangedto engage the movable part of the sill or its equivalent in such manner that the space ordinarily existing between the lower edge of the door and the sill may be effectively closed or stopped, so as to prevent the entrance either of rain, dust, wind, or the other unpleasant effects of the weather; and the invention convsequently consists, essentially, in the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, substantially as will be hereinafter described and then more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating myinvention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a door andits sill provided with my present improved adjustable guard or weather-strip, said strip, as well as the door, being shown in the section at certain points. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line w x of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of a door-sill with my improvement applied thereto. Fig. 4: is a cross-section of the same on the line y y of Fig. 3. v

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout all the different figures of the drawings.

A designates a door of any suitable and preferred construction, that represented in the drawings being given simply by way of example.

G denotes parts of the door-frame or its base, on which issecured in the usual way the sill B, said sill having inclined or beveled sides 17 b, as is customary, in order to obviate the disadvantage of projecting edges or points and permit easy and gentle movement over the said sill in passing from the outside to the inside of the house through the door or from .one room to another.

On the top of the stationary or fixed sillpiece 13 is a yielding or movable plate 0, extending from end to end of the sill B and having beveled edges 0 c, that correspond with the aforesaid bevels b I), being coincident with said bevels when the plate C rests fiatlyhori- Zontal upon the sill B, as it is shown in Fig. 1. This plate 0 is designed to belifted at one edge from its fiat horizontal position upon the top of the sill B, so that said lifted edge will strike against the under edge of the door A and be held gripped tightly against same, so that in this way the plate 0 may efiectually close the space between the lower edge of the door A and the sill'B, said lifting of the plate 0 being accomplished automatically by the movement of the door A, as I shall now proceed more fully to explain.

The sill B is provided with several longitudinal slots, each in alinement with each other, or with a single slot, or with some suitable equivalent openings, into which project lugs E, cast at intervals on the lower surface of the plate 0. One of said lugs E is shown in the side view of Fig. 4. It is provided with a notch or slot 6, that is engaged by a longitudinal spring F, the ends of which enter indentations or notches in the under face of the sillB at the ends of the slot H, into which slot the saidlu g E projects. The spring F acts to normally keep the plate C drawn tightly down upon the top of the sill B, and when the plate 0 has been lifted the spring acts to normally return it to position, and being arranged, as I have stated, with the-ends engaging the indentations ff it acts to keep the plate 0 from being displaced laterally either when at rest on the sill B or when it is in its active position at an angle to the sill B. Of course the spring F may be arranged in various different ways, and I do not want to be restricted to the precise combination shown and'described.

The under surface of the plate G, in addition to having the notched lugs E, has another lug E, preferably located in the center of the length of the plate 0, said lug acting as a sort of a shoe and having an inclined or rounded edge which is transverse to the plate C and which is adjacent to a slot or groove D, cut on one side of the sill B, the same being designed to receive the point of a fingerpiece a, which is secured vertically to the lower portion of the door A at some suitable point on the said door. This lower point of the finger-piece a is preferably curved, and as the door swings it passes through the slot D, engaging the curved edge of the lug E, and as the door continues to swing the effect of this pointof the finger riding on the edge of thelug Ewill beto lift the contiguous edge of the plate 0 until it strikes against the under edge of the door A, the plate 0 thus being placed in the angular position shown in Fig. 2, with its one edge against the door A and its other edge bearing tightly upon the sill B, the result of which operation is, as'

I have already stated, to close the space between the lower edge of the door and the surface of the sill, and thus prevent the entrance of rain, wind, and cold.

Numerous changes may be made in the exact construction and arrangement of the several parts which I have just described as constitutin g my improvement, and I reserve the liberty of varying the same as may be necessary to adapt the invention for use in the different places where it may be applied. The lugs E and E may be made integral with the plate C or separately therefrom and secured by rivets or screws. The spring F is susceptible of wide variation in its construction, as also the relative sizes and arrangement of the sill B and plate C. Also many other changes might be suggested and will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a storm-strip for doors and the like, the combination with a door havinga depend ing linger thereon, of a sill, a strip provided with a shoe which is designed to be engaged and lifted by the said finger, said strip being mounted on the sill, and the spring connection between the sill and the strip, substaniially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a door having a depending projection thereon, of a sill, a strip or plate mounted thereon, a spring or springs situated within the sill and engaging projections on the strip, all arranged so that the depending projection will automatically lift one edge of the plate when the door is closed for the purpose of closing the space between the door edge and the sill.

3. The combination with a door having a depending finger, of a sill, a plate, or strip upon the sill having a notched lug projecting into openings in the sill, springs in said openings engaging the notched lugs, and also enside of the plate adapted to be engaged by the depending finger, all arranged to operate substantially as described.

4. In a storm-strip for doors, the combination with a door having a depending finger, of a sill, a plate or strip on said sill, and a spring or springs situated within the sill and engaging the plate at the middle portion thereof so that both of its edges may be free of connection with the sill, all arranged so that the finger may automatically lift the edge of the plate, substantially as described.

5. The combination with a door having a depending finger, of a sill, a plate or strip on the sill having a notched lug projecting into an opening in sill, a spring device in said opening engaging the notched lug and also the sill and the central shoe on the under side of the plate, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES MITSCII. \Vitnesses:

LEMUEL C. REEVES, AUGUST 0. STECHER.

gaging the sill, a central shoe on the under 

